I want to remember all the moments with these three. I want to remember the way each entered the world, one loud, one small, one so soft. I want to remember how they smell and feel. How they spoke at three. All the funny ways they say ordinary things. I want to remember the […]
Roast Chicken
As I mentioned in Mastering the Weekly Shop, having a few go-to dinners that are kinda homemade will really help cut down on the weekday meal preparing stress. One way to always have such a meal on hand is to add a grocery store pre-made roast chicken to your shopping list. Pretty much every grocery store […]
The Best Carrot Cake Ever
Making birthday cakes for my family is something I’ve always done. It’s the one truly homemade part of a party I put all my love into. My 9 year was thinking he’d prefer a Baskin Robbins ice cream cake this year and it made me so sad. I’m sure you are thinking that I’m crazy […]
Mastering the Weekly Shop
I am often asked about weekly menu planning for my family. This is a long question to answer and it could vary greatly from family to family. Menu planning has been a life saver for me. It has evolved as my family has grown and the kids’ eating has changed as has their afternoon and […]
Favorites Friday {Gift Guide for Guys}
It’s my hubby’s birthday soon. I’ve been in gift idea mode lately. What are some of your favorite gifts for guys? Are your gifts for him a miss or do you nail it every time? My girlfriends and I had a gift giving conversation recently. Mostly about how our husband’s can flounder in this department […]
Wild – A Review
Wow. What an adventure! Could you survive on your own for months in the complete wilderness? This story is really 3 stories. The first and most obvious is the adventure. Cheryl Strayed decides to hike the Pacific Crest Trail by herself from Southern California to Oregon, north of Mt. Hood. What she encounters in the […]
Football Season
As I was pulling together ideas for this post on Football Season, I came across this month’s Martha Stewart Living in which there is an article on tailgating, the upscale way! Check out the bar in the back of this truck bed. Great! huh?! While I have never attended a tailgate that looks like this, […]